noun
Mahjong tile; one of the three dragon tiles. Often simply called ハク in play. Compare with 白板 (パイパン), which is the same tile but read differently.
See also: 白板 (パイパン)
白牌をツモって上がった。
I drew the white dragon tile and won.
白牌は三元牌の一つだ。
The white dragon tile is one of the dragon tiles.
Compound of 白 (はく, 'white') and 牌 (パイ, 'tile'). The reading パイ is a Sino-Japanese borrowing from Chinese pái.